That sounds pretty much like what I'm doing now with iptables. Only I'm assuming in this situation I'd be doing the VPN authentication on the router instead of from the desktop box? If not then, as I said, I'm already doing this, and not successfully.
Thanks, Don. On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Lynn Avants wrote: > On Friday 31 January 2003 04:01 pm, Don Seiler wrote: > > hullo. > > > > I'm in need of a linux-based vpn client to connect to my employer's Secure > > Computing Sidewinder firewall. We currently have windows software, but I > > have a windows workstation behind a linux router and I believe that there > > is something in linux NAT that is causing the VPN to disconnect every > > 10-15 minutes or so. This could be an old wives' tale. > > I can't say what would cause this unless they're doing some form > re-authentication every 15 minutes. Anyway, you don't want every > computer on your network connecting to the corp. VPN, right? > Then all you'll need to do is port-forward the services through the > firewall to the single desktop you'll be using to connect. Chaek the > IPSec doc at http://www.shorewall.net for exact details on configuring > this with Bering/Shorewall. It should be referred to as a 'pass-through' > connection. > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
